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Causality of Psychological Injury: Presenting Evidence in Court

Gerald Young, Andrew W. Kane, Keith Nicholson

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This sequel to the authors’ Psychological Knowledge in Court offers a welcome expansion on key concepts, terms, and issues in causality, bringing much needed clarity to psychological injury assessments and the legal contexts that employ them.

Focusing on PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and chronic pain (and grounding readers in salient U.S. and Canadian case law), Causality sets out a multifactorial causality framework to facilitate admissibility of psychological evidence in court. Issues concerning malingering are examined in depth, as are clinical gray areas that can jeopardize validity. At the same time, the book clearly explains what lawyers and clinicians need to understand about each other’s work—of crucial importance since the two sides often seem to speak at cross-purposes.

The authors and six guest contributors

• Illustrate the roles of preexisting vulnerabilities, traumatic events, and post-event occurrences in psychological impairment and disability
• Review the literature on PTSD, TBI, and chronic pain for legal relevance
• Identify current challenges and controversies in the field, as well as emerging areas for research
• Recommend methods and instruments for conducting more courtworthy assessments
• Provide a detailed critical review of malingering and related phenomena
• Propose a more accurate, shared terminology of causality

Valid causality judgments are based on sound knowledge of research on large populations and careful testing of individuals; at the same time they must conform to stringent legal standards of relevance and reliability to be accepted for testimony. Forensic practitioners and attorneys will turn to Causality of Psychological Injury as their professional paths increasingly cross in seeking comprehensive and state of the art information.

Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients With the Mmpi-2 (Mmpi-2 Monographs, Vol 2)

Laura S. Keller, James N. Butcher

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The 5-Minute Pain Management Consult (The 5-Minute Consult Series)

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This new addition to The 5-Minute Consult Series is a clinically oriented quick-consult reference for pain management. More than 150 conditions associated with pain and concomitant mental health diagnoses are thoroughly and concisely presented in the famous fast-access 5-Minute Consult format. Each entry briefly describes the condition and presents succinct, bulleted facts under boldface headings: basics (epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, etiology, prevention, associated conditions); diagnosis (signs and symptoms, history, physical exam, lab tests, imaging, differential diagnosis); treatment (medications, surgery); and follow-up (prognosis, issues for referral). Each entry includes ICD9-CM and CPT codes. Two Tables of Contents--one alphabetical and one organized by organ system--allow quick look-up of topics.

Pain/Inflammation Matters: Recipes for Life (Designing Health, Naturally)

Gloria Gilbere

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A slim but vital compendium of practical and applicable information 5 out of 5 stars.
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Pain/Inflammation Matters: Recipes For Life by Gloria Gilbere (a doctor of naturopathy, and expert in natural health issues, and an experienced homeopath), is a slim but vital compendium of practical and applicable information on the prevention, and even reversal, of fibromyalgia, arthritis, heart disease and inflammatory disorders. Organized into thoroughly "reader friendly" sections: "Causes & Effects"; "Heart Matters"; "Nightshade-free Recipes; and Non-drug Pain & Inflammation Phyters, Pain/Inflammation Matters should be considered "must reading" by anyone (especially non-specialist general readers) who suffer from chronic pain or inflammation.

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The first in a new series of symptom-specific guides ("Designing Health, Naturally") providing "What You Really Need to Know" to prevent and reverse debilitating pain and inflammation without drugs and their side-effects — often times worse than the original condition. Written by a doctor who became a victim and recovered, after a life-threatening accident, a prescription drug-induced digestive disorder, and the subsequent onset of fibromyalgia and chronic inflammation. It details: causes and effects; non-drug pain and inflammation phyters; 30 gourmet night-shade-free recipes for cooking without foods that "ignite" the inflammatory process; heart health and the inflammation connection.

Contextual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Chronic pain (Progress in Pain Research and Management, Volume 33)

Lance M., Ph.D. McCracken

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Pain and Depression: An Antidisciplinary Patient-Centered Approach (Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine)

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Pain is the most common physical complaint while depression is the second most debilitating chronic medical condition. The co-occurrence of pain and depression is well known but a detailed understanding of their phenomenology, interrelationship, and effective therapies remains speculative. This book provides a synthetic approach to the evaluation and treatment of patients with chronic pain and depression that will generate therapeutic optimism and lead clinicians to improve quality of life and restore function. The recognition that depression is not just an affective disorder or demoralization is discussed in detail in the contributions: "Function, Disability, and Psychological Well-Being" and in "Structural Models of Comorbidity among Common Mental Disorders: Connections to Chronic Pain". Other articles review the complex regional pain syndrome and the Gulf War syndrome. Further papers discuss issues relating to the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain.

Your Pain Is Real: Free Yourself from Chronic Pain with Breakthrough Medical Treatments

M.d., Emile Hiesiger, Kathleen Brady

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Your pain is real -- and you can do something about it!

Chronic pain sufferers are often met by misdiagnosis, insufficient medical treatment, and just plain disbelief. Pain-management expert Dr. Emile Hiesiger says physical pain is both real and treatable. A noted neurologist at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Hiesiger treats pain sufferers from all over the world and has become their champion in their fight to live without debilitating pain. Your Pain Is Real is the most complete, authoritative, and hopeful book on the subject of chronic pain relief ever published.

For the more than 35 million people who suffer from chronic pain, Your Pain Is Real offers revolutionary ways to relieve all types and degrees of painful conditions. Whether you suffer from headaches, neck aches, upper or lower-back aches, nerve pain, arthritis, rheumatism, osteoporosis, tendinitis, sports injuries, abdominal pain, gynecological problems, or even cancer, this invaluable resource offers breakthrough medical treatments, clear guidelines for seeking expert care, and the latest scientific findings on pain management.

So how do you find the appropriate care for chronic pain? Dr. Hiesiger offers numerous practical tips and suggestions, such as:Make sure your doctor believes that pain is personal and subjective and understands the full range of pain syndromes and their causes and treatments.Be certain that you obtain an accurate diagnosis, complete with high-quality images and studies if necessary.Know what you can do to prevent and alleviate pain; for instance, keep your weight down, exercise, eat right, and pay attention to your posture.Don't fear medication and, with the help of your physician, find the drug that works for you, from Tylenol to narcotics to antidepressant and antiseizure medications.

Pain can be minimized even when the causes of it cannot be eliminated. Your Pain Is Real is the essential medical, social, and financial resource on how to get not only proper treatment but excellent care.

Learning to Master Your Chronic Pain

Robert N. Jamison

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Validate Your Pain! Exposing the Chronic Pain Cover-Up

Allan F., Ph.D. Chino, Corinne Dille, M.D. Davis

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"Sorry, the pain you're experiencing is most likely merely muscle related." "Your current health plan won't cover treatment for the pain you are experiencing." "We just can't seem to come with any explanation for the pain you say you are feeling."

Does any of this sound familiar? It should. These are common responses to the thousands upon thousands of individuals who suffer from chronic pain.

Now there is a book, written in plain English, that gives you the inside scoop on chronic pain. This is no antiseptic, sterile and dry piece of reading. This is a book that delivers direct, no-nonsense, in-your-face answers to the many questions plaguing pain sufferers. Here you will read about the old concept that "it's all in your head" and how to overcome that standard assumption. Learn how managed care can keep you and a solution to your pain problem apart. Here's down-to-earth, honest, insider's information on manuvering through the minefields within healthcare and how to avoid becoming just another statistic or victim.

Validate Your Pain! provides the reader with confirmation that what they feel is real and instructs one how to go about getting a solution to the pain they live with. Don't let ignorance, arrogance and/or greed prohibit you or a loved one from getting access to proper treatment. Get the help you deserve. Don't let doctors or insurance companies sweep you under the chronic pain rug.

Here is a sampling of the 17 chapters in Validate Your Pain!:
"The Doctors know Best...or Do They?"
"'It's All in Your Head' and Other Popular Fairy Tales"
"Narcotics and the Fear of Addiction: Or Much Ado about Almost Nothing"
"Chiropratic"
"Acupuncture"
"Surgery and Other Desperate Measures"
"The Managed Care Experiment"
"Stacking the Deck in Your Favor"

If you or someone you know suffers from debilitating, chronic pain, you should read this book SOON.

Painbuster: A Breakthrough 4-Step Program for Ending Chronic Pain

John Stamatos, Jane O'Boyle

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From one of the country's foremost pain management specialists, a groundbreaking program for the more than forty-five million Americans who suffer from all types of pain.

Dr.John Stamatos has a powerful message for readers: follow the Painbuster program and your pain can be treated, managed, and often eliminated.

Pain management has traditionally been an overlooked element of patient care. Now, as its importance is finally being recognized, physicians are calling pain the "fifth vital sign." During his more than twenty years of experience, including serving as a physician in the Gulf War, Stamatos discovered that using only one remedy or one traditional intervention for pain does not lead to a lasting cure. His Painbuster program combines methods of treatment in these remarkably effective four steps:

--the proper diagnosis of the kind of pain
--the use of appropriate medications to get the pain under control
--extensive physical therapy leading to a permanent cure
--a maintenance program geared to the individual, with an emphasis on proper diet, stress reduction, and regular exercise

The Painbuster program treats all kinds of pain, from a weekend sports injury and chronic lower back pain to arthritis and the discomfort associated with illnesses such as cancer and lupus.

Patients who have been told that pain is "something they have to live with" and health practitioners who seek to broaden treatment strategies will welcome Painbuster's step-by-step plan-and its proven promise of relief.